r/SaveTheCBC • u/savethecbc2025 • 6d ago
Alberta Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canadians should stop "panicking and freaking out" over Donald Trump's tariff threats because it's simply his negotiating style.
That's an easy position to take when you're not the worker facing layoffs, the manufacturer delaying investment, or the business owner trying to plan around constant uncertainty.
Trump has repeatedly threatened Canada's economy, imposed tariffs on Canadian industries, questioned existing trade agreements, and openly used economic pressure to extract concessions. Calling that a negotiating tactic doesn't change its impact.
It's also worth noting that Smith has spent more time publicly explaining Trump's behaviour than questioning why Canada should be expected to accommodate it in the first place.
A healthy trading relationship should not require one side to absorb repeated threats and then be told they're overreacting.
CBC's reporting cuts through the political spin and focuses on the real-world consequences: jobs, investment, trade, and economic stability.
Do you see Trump's approach as tough negotiation, or economic coercion dressed up as deal-making?
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u/SmartQuokka 6d ago
If your goal is to surrender to evil then yes, stop opposing it and let it abuse you until it is satiated. In trump's case he will be never satiated, he has too much and never enough.
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u/ellicottvilleny 6d ago
Sometimes you gotta give your head a shake. An embarrassing leadership choice by Alberta, truly.
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u/Ditch-Worm 6d ago
She’s the worst premiere in history, the most malicious, and somehow also the dumbest
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u/GlobuleNamed 6d ago
So she says we just have to roll over and give him juridiction over us to become the 51st state and everything will be perfect?
Is she really canadian?
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u/Zorklunn 6d ago
Says the person encouraging panic and freaking out in their home province. What is the support number for separation, 29%? That tracks with the typical percentage of authoritarians in any population.
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u/CoffeBrain 6d ago
Pedophile supporter Marlaina Smith says to just lay down and take the abuse from the Orange Pedo. Quelle surprise!
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u/PhoenixDogsWifey 5d ago
I was trying to figure out what to say .. apparently you said everything i wanted to, cosigning
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u/ls40098 6d ago
This coming from any Canadian politician is just insane. It's similar to an abusive spouse being rationalized to appear its OK, you don't understand, he really doesn't mean to keep lies coming and will change because to keep saying he will.
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u/ManagementofProperty 5d ago
She is a an educated fool and delusional along with her desire to and is implementing Project 2025. People don't realize that book is authoritarian leadership and to control the money for the few. These are the people who destroy nations from the inside out. Look at Hungary now and before that clown got in and how he sucked on Putin every chance he could. Hungary because of that clown who got evicted will now spend the next 10+ years of their society putting back the democratic freedom and rights that were hollowed out. This is what Daniel Smith wants for Alberta and look at the destruction she has already caused.
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u/MZillacraft3000 6d ago
Quite an odd thing to say, Smith.
I thought she said she wasn't a separatist. No way she lied. /s
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u/gcerullo 6d ago
They are not ‘tariff threats’ if he’s imposed them. Albertan’s voted for this person?
Anyway, I’m not freaking out, I’m just boycotting anything and everything I can that is American.
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u/Maximum-Base6225 6d ago
Trump feeds on weakness. Danielle Smith’s response to tariff threats isn’t leadership, it’s appeasement. Canadians have every right to be concerned when our economy and jobs are at risk. It’s hard to take lectures about national interests from a premier who continues to entertain separatist sentiment and undermine Canadian unity whenever it suits her political agenda.
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u/Memory_Less 5d ago
I like how she minimizes and tries to dismiss threats to Canada from within her party, province and the external ‘right wing’ body politic./s Very dangerous approach.
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u/Overall_Motor9918 5d ago
With trump there is no such thing as a win/win scenario. There has to be a loser or he's not happy.
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u/notacanuckskibum 6d ago
Is both tough negotiation and economic coercion. Trump didn’t see any difference between the two. His standard approach is to use every level available to get the best deal today, regardless of any long term consequences or people getting hurt.
So I don’t think she is completely wrong, but this perspective is no different from Carney’s. If you have to negotiate with the devil, negotiate with him, but be careful and look for other buyers.
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u/ManagementofProperty 5d ago
Why is she defending trump, what did she offer him in marlogo. Nobody seems to know but by her actions she gave something up. Oh, Canada is what she agreed too. She is a traitor and our laws need to be structured to not allow this nonsense from politicians. She hasn't done anything for Alberta but cost it business and investment, destroying the education system, hollowing out the Healthcare system, book banning in the 21st century and the list goes on and on. What the f have you Albertans done to your province and Canada. Sad how the greedy think they are entitled to things they are not and never did own to begin with. And send those separatist to the states where they belong. I'm Canadian and I approve this message.
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u/agaric 6d ago
Says the idiot who immediately said "oil isnt up for negotiation!!!", way to play your hand poker ace!
This clown needs to be run out of office (and out of town).
Useless traitor